The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

The student news site of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois.

The Daily Eastern News

Editorial: Don’t be a sore loser, winner

Staff Editorial April 8, 2018

As Kevin Costner’s character Crash Davis would say in the 1988 baseball movie “Bull Durham,” “Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it rains.” The rain has no bearing on how one would...

Advice for first-year students

Liz Stephens, Columnist April 8, 2018

Almost every student who is a sophomore or older could vouch for new students that the first semester is the worst and is full of adjustments.  My first semester at Eastern was nothing to be proud of,...

Please, enough with the eyelashes on cars

Carole Hodorowicz, Opinions Editor April 8, 2018

It’s no secret: this world we live in is plagued with problems. Every day, there is another horror being reported, another issue that needs attention and another worry to count like sheep before we fall...

Editorial: Congress, listen to your morals

Staff Report April 5, 2018

This past Easter Sunday, President Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he was no longer going to support a deal for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, as “Caravans”...

Sean Says: Breakfast, friends, good times

Sean Hastings, Sports Editor April 5, 2018

It was not the best, but it was very close to the best decisions I have made this year at Eastern. The decision was, and I recommend all of you do it: A big breakfast with a group of your friends. On...

Learn to love, embrace yourself

Abiola Alafe, Fashion Columnist April 5, 2018

Some of us are at the point of our lives where we are trying to figure things out. I believe all of us go through this phase at one time or another. Maybe for some of us, it’s not just a phase, but...

Take a break, enjoy your everyday life

Abigail Carlin, Columnist April 5, 2018

I have had a pretty good week. Actually, I have had an incredible month. Friendships with faculty and peers are flourishing, I received two substantial scholarships, two weeks ago I was in Cincinnati presenting...

Going to class should be a priority

Staff Report April 5, 2018

We at The Daily Eastern News have three simple words we would like to share with you. No, it’s not “I love you” or “It’s happy hour.” What we want and need to tell you is… Go to class. Something...

Do not limit yourself

Angelica Cataldo, Columnist April 5, 2018

Coming out of high school, I had this fantastical idea that I would find my chosen career, land an amazing job, find the love of my life and live “the dream” all by the age of 25.  I know, I know,...

Apology letter to Mother Nature

Kennedy Nolen, Columnist April 3, 2018

Hey, Mother Nature. It’s me, Kennedy. I have a few things to tell you that I need to get off my chest on behalf of (most) humans. I know for hundreds and thousands of years, we humans have caused...

Extremism is on the rise

Colin Roberts, Copy Editor April 3, 2018

There has been a disheartening rise in religious, as well as ideological, extremism in America. You can see it in the comment sections of Facebook. You witness it when someone you once respected uses...

Think before you post

Staff Editorial April 3, 2018

With technology and social media, we have seemingly unlimited access to information and communication in seconds. And more times than not, we don’t give our own posts a second thought before we share...

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